Chimney-holder



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G. S. TRUMBORE. CHIMNEY HOLDER.

No. 535,266. Patented Mar. 5, 1895 Wt 57: easea- GEORGE S. TRUMBORE, OFPENNSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CHIMNEY-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 535,266, dated March 5,1 895.

App cation fil Jul 5,1894. Serial No. 516,647. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. TRUMBORE, a

- citizen of the United States, residing at Penn'sburg, in the county ofMontgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Chimney-Holders; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to' various new and useful improvements in lamps,whether for illuminating or heating purposes, and the invention relatesmore particularly to novel means by which the lamp globe or chimney willbe held firmly and rigidly in place, thereby preventing to a greatextent accidental breakages thereof, and overcoming in a large measureblackening or cracking of the globe or chimney due to the imperfectadjustment thereof with respect to the flame.

The improvements which I have made consist in applying a small lug toone or more of the fingers which grasp or support the globe or chimneyand in providing a recess or recesses in the globe or chimney with whichsaid lug or lugs will engage, provision being made to allow for thedisengagement of the latter with said recess or recesses when it isdesired to remove the chimney.

My invention is therefore cheap and simple and attains the ends desiredin avery perfectmanner.

For a better comprehension of my invention, attention is directed to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a well known type of lampburner, showing my improvements in connection therewith, and with theglobe or chimney removed, and Fig. 2 a sectional View of the same withthe chimney in position.

In both of the views corresponding parts are designated by the sameletters of reference.

So far as the construction and arrangement of the parts which constitutethe burner A, are concerned, I make no claim thereto. Neither do I wishto be limited or restricted to any particular form of burner, since theimprovement which I have made may be used in connection with any and allvarieties of burners, the only requisite being of course that a globe orchimney is to be made use of.

B, B, are the ordinary fingers which grasp the lower part of the globeor chimney O, with considerable friction and which are now the solemeans of retaining the latter in place. Four of these fingers B, areshown, that being the preferable number, but it is to be observed that-agreater or less number may be used. When four of said fingers are. usedas illustrated, I provide two of them by preference, with the small lugsa, one of said lugs being soldered or otherwise secured to the inside ofeach of said fingers so provided. These lugs are preferably of thetriangular shape shown, namely, triangular in vertical section, theinclined side thereof being uppermost. Each of the two fingers B, whichis thus provided with these lugs is further provided with a finger clip1), preferably riveted or otherwise secured thereto, said finger clipextending down on each side of the burner, as shown, and the two fingerclips thus made use of can be readily grasped between the thumb andforefinger, so as to cause the upper ends of the. fingers B, carryingthe lugs a, to be moved farther apart.

The globe or chimney C, is made of glass, porcelain, or of any otherdesirable material and is of any suitable configuration. This globe orchimney is held between the fingers B, substantially as heretofore,except that it is provided with a recess 0, therein, correspondin g toeach lug a, both as to size, shape and location, and with which the saidlug will engage, thereby holding the globe firmly in place. The saidrecesses 0, may be blown or pressed in the globe or chimney during itsmanufacture, or they may be formed therein by any suitable instrument ortool after completion.

By pressing the finger clips b, more or less together as explained, thelugs will be disengaged from the recesses c, and the. globe or chimneymay be removed.

What I claim is- The combination with a lamp burner A,

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provided with the fingers B, a lug a, on one or more of said fingers,and a finger clip 12, secured to the same finger or fingers having saidlugs, and extending below the point of attachment between said finger orfingers and thelamp burner, of aglobe or chimney 0, provided witharecess or recesses 0, correspond ing in number and location with saidlugs, and engaged by the same, the parts being so [0 arranged that whenthe finger clip or clips 6 are pressed inwardly the saidlug or lugs willbe disengaged from said recess or recesses substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE S. TRUMBORE.

Witnesses:

M. K. GILBERT, ISAIAH H. ZIEGLER.

